Spiritual Folktale
CAT 2020 Slot 1 · VARC · Hard · Verbal Ability
The four sentences (labelled A, B, C, D) below, when properly sequenced would yield a coherent paragraph. Decide on the proper sequencing of the order of the sentences and key in the sequence of the four numbers as your answer:
A. Relying on narrative structure alone, indigenous significances of nineteenth century San folktales are hard to determine. B. Using their supernatural potency, benign shamans transcend the levels of the San cosmos in order to deal with social conflict and to protect material resources and enjoy a measure of respect that sets them apart from ordinary people. C. Selected tales reveal that they deal with a form of spiritual conflict that has social implications and concern conflict between people and living or dead malevolent shamans. D. Meaning can be elicited, and the tales contextualized, by probing beneath the narrative of verbatim, original-language records and exploring the connotations of highly significant words and phrases.
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Explanation
Sentence A introduces the central subject: San folktales and the difficulty of determining their significance through narrative structure alone. Sentence D follows directly by explaining how meaning can be elicited. Sentence C elaborates on what selected tales reveal (spiritual conflict involving malevolent shamans). Sentence B completes the context by describing benign shamans and their role.
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